'Foolishly optimistic' should line up first at coach's book signing

9:15 PM,
Feb. 28, 2013

Bob Knight will sign his book March 6 at the NCAA Hall of Champions.

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Charles Darwin would "have made a hell of a coach," Bob Knight notes in his new book, "The Power of Negative Thinking: An Unconventional Approach to Achieving Positive Results." In the struggle for superiority (and national championships), natural selection doesn't favor good effort or self-esteem, and it definitely doesn't hand out trophies for participation. The mentally precise and physically fit win, and the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful clichés.

The sun will come out tomorrow?

"Yeah, and it will flash brand-new daylight on the same old mess unless something is done to ...